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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1915)
KwjwSESBjraEISffll Bag "'mKfiSiksSM Iff US NOWjfTDOWN TO BUSINESS. WE CAN'T HOWL AND WORK AT THE SAME TIME i Rav Times Your Paoei tou v Coo H) Times Is proud of its tltlo "Tlio T' Pfliicr," ml " strives nt nil times to lo lis nnmo by devoting Its energies to nToUng tl.o reoi.lo's Into.estH. (Buna mm mm$& MEMHERS OF THE ASSOCIATED IVtESS A Southwest Oregon Paper Time's ulint tlio Coos Rny Times Is. A South west Oregon paper for Snutliucsl Oregon people nml devoted to tlio best Interests of this grout section . Tlio Times nlivays boasts and never knocks. jJMoTxxxviii Established lsfs ns Tho Coast Ml?JI. RPRMANR 0 H NuH 0 bB N Fires. W MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1915 EVENING EDITION. REPORTS OF VICTORIES IN WEST n 'l!.,!. rn(nnnri Berlin, says w- - and rans oao u..y..-.. Won in Two Pieces GERMAN? . STILL WIN UN CHOiunu i iiwii i Russian Resistance in North ern Poiana biukuh uuh- Bombara ussuwuu. run 444 pgiBOclttM TrfM I" Coon llr TlmM. AlSTItlAXS LOSINO LONDON, War. 10. Tlio Russians aro again advancing In Northwestern Uukowlno, according to a dispatch from Bucharest, near Novo Sul ltta. Tho Russians carried the Austrian trenches at tho points of bayonets, tho Aus- trlans retreating with heavy f losses. 4 j, AuocUted rreu to Coot "T Timet. LONDON, .Mar. 1C Paris claims today that tho Gormans suffered rtTcnes In two soctlons of tho western front. Tho Ilrltlsh nrmy Is uld to havo reenpturod St. Elol ltd to havo carried now Gorman positions near tlio vlllago In Chnin pitss. Trogrcss for tho French it two points Is reported. Berlin announces tlio winning of St. Elol, but makes no mention of Hi subsequent reenpturo by tho Mlih. It says tlio French nttacks In Chsmpaeno broke down. Berlin reports Russian uttneks ir Prsanysz wero defeated evory vhere and that tho Germans took lo thousand prlsonors. Tho Ocr riii brought batteries closer to Ouovets fortress, according to Petrograd, because of their lnoffoc Uteness at tho longer range. It kji the lighting continues with tho icftnders holding tho advantage Deep snow is hindering operations Is the Carpathians. NEARLY (),() KILLED IX ITALY Dr AuocUted rrr lo Com lltf Tlmm. ROME, Mar. 1C Tho of ficial parliamentary report of tho carthtiuako of Jan uary 13th gives tho number of dentbs thus fnr reported as 20,078 without Including persons who afterward died of Injuries and illness caus cd by tho disaster. Tho Communes damaged num bered 372. ikon Is Irate Over Last Eng lish Blockade Order A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mai) and Coos liny Advertiser No. 201 l H. .VINE PJ.AXTER 4 AT COLUMHIA ltlVl.lt MEXICO SITUATION MU IMPROVED (Spcclnl to ho Times.) AS'lORIA Ore, Mar. 16 Tho I,'. S. initio, planter Rlt.g gola, has arrived at Hrt Stevens and is operating no.-o. Stic la In com.mt.nd of 'v,.t. Cally tnd will bo it l! o mouth of tho Columbia L pc "triks. It Is said tu i'. s' v is merely practising. 4444444444444 President Manus' Wilson Says Mc Slayers Will be Prosecuted nil S TELL OF IIS ON ALLIES Claim English Defeated at St. Hoi, French Losing in Champagne !BMcl(lcd rri io Coo, B,7 Tmc,, BERLIN. Mnr.lC fWlrnlnsa in EayTllle) Tlio official mwounco wt today says: "Tho KhuIIrIi nnsl. " on tho height ncor St. Elol, ti of yprcs, has boon taken by "HCermans. Fighting for posscs waof this location has been going lfe day heforo yesterday. On southern slopo of tho Lorotto "'i i northwest of Arras, fighting "i been golnir on fir tim iinUnBQin.. 01 CSt Of hill. In ChlimiwiLMin 'nl partial attacks by tho French " rcpulMri, North of Roause "" the Germans took possession ' Ktera' French trenches. Tho ""sement begun yestordny nt Ar- continued today. Also in tho jes "we aro sovoral places fighting Is going on. 0a the Orzyc, northoast of k, itug8an attacks wero ro wed. Thn ....... .. . .. "'" "u especially vio- iwgagements for tho possession 4oroiek. Two thousand Rus- "" Wefft lolnn I - .nvu jn isuiiors, Wi-iiiSs WAIL HEARD "" Vnut lo Advance, ltutcs la in United sutes B,iUPWiUttll.,TtaM.J "'", tow "1...A.'"rt". rn.. " u"u weiis-x-argo H tha t. ",u UBtou leave WlA !!6r6tat0 cramerco Com- Uehtj.,' V' ' f" a pot,tlon for It I, j , ,n U, express rata case. k LI red tlmt t,lQ low rates felon ..hPreSCrlbed by th0 Com nave been disastrous." WvrcU SARAH IlIiTTKIt Uum k ' ia 1C- A bulla-' Mir,. n "' Qoclo,s nftor visiting FPIW a",?'' ,Wh0 recont,y lcft ,',Wsa,l;r;;',0,C0",ml0', w SWEDES RUKFEIt IX 5IEXICO CITY nr Amoclilcl l'rrat tu Coo. Ilajr Tlmn. WASIIINaTON, JInr. 1C. Tho plundering of two houses belonging to Swedish citizens and tho robbing of Swedish subjects in Mexico City streets, wero orportcd by tho Swedish Chnrgo d 'Af faires there, who described conditions under tlto Zapata occupation as "doplorablo" in n message to tho Swedish legation hero. I nr Auocltt Trot to Cooi llr Time. WASHINGTON, D. C, Mnr. lC.-r-Offlclal assurances that Carran.u has abandoned tho blockado of Pro gresso woro received today. Con ditions In Mexico aro regarded by President Wilson as much less in forment that a fow days. ago. Tho I'rosldont said ho had no doubt but that thoso guilty of killing John II. McMunus will bo punished nml an Indemnity pad his relatives. Foreign View of It. Forolgn government reprcscntn tlvos In Washington, who look to tho United States for tho safoty of their countrymen in Mexico, woro kconly interested today in tho out como of vigorous steps tnkon by tho American government looking to tho protection of foreign 'interests in tho Sotithorn Republic. Soma saw In tho latest Aiuoricau movo a chango In tho Administration's pol icy and bullovo that tho United Stotos would insist on great consid eration for foreign Interests by Mex ican factious. An American war ship ha3 arrived at Mnnzanlllo, o-i tho west coust, whero conditions aro roporlod bad. NEUTRALS TO SEEKS AID OF UNITED STATES Dj Auoclttod Prru to Cow D7 TlmM. J ' WASHINGTON, D. C, Mar. 1C Tho Netherlands Minister Van Rap pard opened negotiations nt tho Stato Department today to deter mine whnt action may bo taken by tho United States and Tho Nether lands to obtain amelioration of re strictions laid down by tho Ilrltlsh order In Council. LOXOSIIOREMEX'S STRIKE to Admiral Only Seattle Company Comedo to Laborers Thus Fur (Dr Auocltto4 rrrai to Com llijr Tlmn. SEATTLE, Wash., Mar. 1C Tho Admiral Lino, tho only Important steamship company horo which has agreed to demands of tho long shoromon thnt crows for handling cargoes shall bo solcctcd nt union headquarters, Is moving Its freight promptly. All othor lines aro sor louely delayed. I 'S JEWELS OF ED Five WOMAN DIED TODAY Mrs. Catherine Bettys, Resi dent of Coos County Forty two Years, Succumbs Mrs. Cathorlno Ilottys, ono of tho ploucors of Coos County, and ono of tho mostly highly rcspectod wo men of Falrvlow, died at hor homo thoro this morning after a long ill ness of sorosls of tho liver. Death was not unexpected, although tho extraordinary vitality of, tho' woman had prolonged hor life. JuBt six years ago today, Hiram Rottys, husband of tho deceased, passed away at tho homo in Falr vlow. It was a strange colncldonco that her death should come on tho anniversary of tho death of her husband, with whom she had under gone tho trials of pioneering In the west. Catherlno Desmond was born In Toronto, Canada, and In early llfo moved to New York, then to Kan sua aud just forty-two years ago crossed the plains with her husband and settled at Falrvlew, where they had since resided. Mrs. Rpttys vnp of that neighbor ly, motherly disposition thnt SPUN ii ram Mexican Priest Brings $500,- 000 Piece from .Mexico City to Save it From Obregon Hr AuocUtal Trrai to Cooi I)r Tlmui.) NEW YORK, Mar. 1C A king's ransom In Jewels blazoned In tho royal oaglcs of Spain at the tlmo of Charles V., tho most powerful inon arch of tho sixteenth century, lies today under guard In tho customs hotiso, nwaltlnj? appraisal. Tho valuo is half a million. It was brought by a Catholic priest who fled from Mexico City. Ho said that ho took them from the church to savo them from solzuro by dun oral Obrogon. Indicates That United States Will Make Most Vigorous Protest Immediately CANNOT RESTRICT U.S. 1 SHIPPING TO NEUTRALS Allies' Action Brings Most Cru cial Effect of War Home To America Today nr Aejoclatin! riTM to Coot llij Tlraci. WASHINGTON D. C. Mnr. 1C President Wilson indicated today that tho unofficial outline of tho Ilrltlsh order In privy council shut ting off trading with Gormnny was very displeasing to tho United Stntes government. Tho discussion among other officials was taken to indi cate that tho government would mnko to Great Rrltaln nml her al lies protest more vigorous than nny of tho notes hitherto sent. In some offlclnl quarters it was thought this protest might tako tho form of firm Insistence on compliance with inter national law. Officials of tho Stnto Department say that tho Ilrltlsh order raises now and ombarrasslng complications for noutrnl commorco to which It novor beforo had been subjected In marltlmo wnr. Hold Up All Trade. Tho Interference with trado be tween this country and neutrals, suggested In tho order, is giving officials horo tho most concern, for, as they read tho Ilrltlsh order, tho commorco of thoso countries which havo not placed ombargocs on contraband articles practically will bo hold up. Tho United States con tends thoro Is no warrant for such action. , 1UTTLE.SIIII DAMAGED ' Illy AuocUted IrcM to Coon Hx Timet, WASHINGTON D. C, Mar.lC Tho battleship Connecticut broke ono of Its shafts Sun dny whllo maneuvering In Gunntnnnmo Ray, and Is now bound for Philadelphia un der her own powor, convoyed by tho collier Orion. ENGLAND'S ORDER LOOKS LIKE I. S. WAR NAVY PREPARED FOR II. S. GREATEST SHOWING IN HISTORY Sec. Daniels Answers Critics X1XETEEX MISSINO OF DRESDEX CREW Br Annclatoil Tmt lo Coot nr Time. VALPARAISO, Chile, Mar. 1C. Nineteen members of tho crow of tho German cruiser Dresden, sunk of .lunii Foraiulez Island Sunday by Rrltlsh warships, aro missing. This wns mndo Known on tho arrival horo today of tho Ilrltlsh auxiliary urulsor Ornmn having on board tho survivors of tho Drcsdon, uomo of whom wero wounded .- of Unpreparedness of Amer ica for Serious Trouble lll!U T. NEW RECORD TRIP Adeline Makes a Complete Round Trip in 100 Hours and Loads in 12 Hours 4 imiTISIl .SHIPS . . 4 SILEXCE TURKS 4 4 Ittf AuocUted I'nu to Coot Iif TIuim. 4 4 PARIS, Mar. 1C Sovornl 4 4 batterlos of Turkish field 4 nrtlllory postod above Kum 4 Kalo nt tho ontrnnco of tho 4 4 Daidnnolles woro sllonced by 4 tho Rrltlsh warships after 4 4 tho bombardment Sunday,' ftys a dispatch from Athens. 4 made frlonds of all with whom sho camo In contact. Even In later years when dlscuso robbod llfo C. A. SMITH MAY HETL'RX HERE SOON' C. A. Smith, nead of tho C ' A. Smith companies, Is plan- 4 nlng vO como to Coos Ray tho latter part of this week on tho 4 Adeline Smith for a shor. stny. Arno Moroen, who lus bur. f ponding uomo tlmo nt 4 Oalclai d, and Vorutm A. Smlili, 11 ro nlso planning (o 4 como np with him. Nordrum 4 broilers, who havo been in Su, Francisco and San Dlo- go on matters connected with 4 tho pulp mill, may retiu-.i 4 horo at tho namo tlmo. P'nus for 'rummlng operations at tho p.ilp mill nio still a Utile lndotnlto but Mr. Smith 4 may shortly itrrnngo for It 4 rosiirrptlon. Cnpt. R. W. Olson of tho Adid'no Smith sailed from tho dock at mi C. A. Smith mill at 11 o'clock thh morning ifter iiinKlng a new nford round trip us well us a now rec.nl for loading tlio Adollno. T'le round trip was mado In txactly 100 hours and tho outgoing cnrgi or 1,050,000 was loaded In just 12 hours. Tho Adollno arrived in from San Francisco last evening at 9 o'click. IDr AuocUted rrrtt to Coot Dtjr Timet, WASHINGTON, D. C, Mar. 10. Administration officials aro giving careful study today to tho provisions of Great Rrltnln's Order In Coun cil aimed nt tho stoppnga of ship ping to and from Germany which they regard as unprecedented nml having far reaching effects on Amer ican commorco, particularly on tho shipments of cotton and Importa tions of dye-stuffs from Gormnny. That tho officials aro keenly dis appointed is evident mid that vig orous protests will bo lodged by tlio American govornmont against Rrltlsh action Is certain. What perhaps displeased tho offi cials most wns tho prohibition on American commorco consigned to uoutral countries and suspected of enemy destination. It forms tho principal basis upon which tho Amor Ican government will Insist on tho freedom of its commorco from un duo interference. T MHSIilP SUFFERS DAMAGE Athens Dispatch Says 28 Offi cers and Men Killed on Amethyst at Dardanelles (llr AtMhUled I'rut to Coot Utj Hum. RERL1N, Mnr. 1C (Via wire less.) A dispatch from Athons says tho RiltlHh crulsor Amethyst sus tained heavy damages and 28 offi cers nml men wero killed and an equal nliinlioi' wounded during tho attack on tho Inner forts of tho Dardanelles' In which five Rrltlsh wurshlps took part. THAW GO 0 BUT FACES ASYLUM GIRL PLEADS NOT GUILTY of ,It was Just fourteon hours later that much of its sunshino, sho retained I sho loft her slip nnd from tho four tho good cheor of younger days. toon hours hnd to bo deducted an Sho snent tho larger portion of:houro off Inst night for midnight last wlntor nt tho homo of her granddaughter, .Mrs. Ira R. Rnrtle, In North Rend. Sho Is survived by four children, Mrs. R. J. Coke, of Los Angoles; Mrs. Emma Cllnkonbeard, of Sum ner; Albert und William Rottys, of Falrvlow. Threo grandchildren und cno great-grandchild also survive her. The funeral arrangements . nave not been completed. Dr. and Mrs. Haitle left for Falrvlow this after noon to assist the family. NOTICE TO ELK'S. Don't forgot the St. Patrick's ball at tho Masonic Hall Wednesday night. All members nnd visiting brothers and their families aro ox pectod to bo present II. P. O. E. Dnnco Committee i meal and an hour off this morulng for Rrcakfnst for tho crow. This is ead to bo tho first trip that tho Adollno has come up to the prophecy which C. A. Smith mado for her when sho was bolng complot- fed. He intimated that undor iivor- ablo conditions sho would m.iko round trips In 100 hours and somo of the navigators and others on Coos Bay thought that ho was joking them. However Capt. Olson took the sug gestion in tho spirit It was made and has made it como true. Tho feat included loading a full cargo of 1.C50.000 feet of lumbn-, carrying it a little over 400 miles to San Francisco Ray, discharging ft. returning to Coos Rny and loading another cargo of l,(i j0,000. ImiIiuIIo Ciclnnnii Aricstcd by Kalo Wcilcll on Cliiirgo of Stealing Clothes I'mni Ruck Lino MIbs Kato Wcdoll, cornor Andor sou niul Second btrcot, this morn ing sworo out a warrant for tlio ar iv t of Isiihcllo Ctishmau, of North Read, .charging hor with tho theft of ilrcEKos from hor clothes lino last Saturday night. Tho girl appeared In Juhtlco Ponuock's court and pb.iiiled not guilty. Tho dato for a hearing has not bcou sot. On Snltmluy night tho police woro tailed into tho caso, Mr. Frank Lapp and Isabolln Cushmun bolng accused. Yostorday, according to Chief Carter, Mrs. Lapp told him that tho dresses had been taken for roiongo by tho Ctishman girl nnd wero hid boncnth tho plunk roadway on Second street. Search there last night rovealed iiu traces of tho missing clothes and the wurroiit was Issued for tho girl's arieit tMt, morning. On Mondnv a bonrch warrant wits Issued In North Rend, but nothing could bo found at tho Cushman homo near Raugor. The complaint stntos that thoro Is missing two white dresses, ono silk droas and ono white em broidered dress and a tidy. Tho mother of tho girl this morning told Judgo Ponnock that aho would bo responslblofor hor daughter's appearancpaT tho hearing I x DON'T rnilOKT. Patrick's danco In Eagles Hall Wednesday, March 17. Ordered Returned to New Hampshire, But Will Likely be Taken to Mattewan 4 NEW LEGAL .MOVE 4 4 Roforo tho court's decision 4 4 Thaw's counsel, as If in an- 4 4 tlclpatlon for such n decision 4 4 obtnlucd a writ of habeas 4 corpus which will kcop Thaw 4 in tho Tombs until Friday 4 whon ho must bo produced 4 In court. 4 ' (nr AuocUted rtm to Coot m., Timet. NEW YORK, Mar. 1C Harry K. Thaw will not bo sent back to Now Hampshlro by tho ntato of Now York, ns his counsel domnnded, but must bo returned to Matteawan, "unless lcgnl papers calling for his detention In Now York county aro served upon tho wardon of tho Tomlm prison." Such was tho stato Supremo Court's decision to day In disposing of a formal mo tion to havo Thaw returned to Nuw England. iiTciriss .23 MAKES DECLARATION AT WARSHIP LAUNCHING Says America Fortunate in That Lincoln's Mantle Fell 1 on Shoulders of Wilson (Dr AuocUted rrni to Coot liar Tlmet.1 NEWPORT NEWS, Vn. Mar. 1C Secretary Danlols, answering crltlca of tho unpreparedness of tho United Stntes Navy, In "nil address horo to day, declared that never boforo lu tho history of tho country wns tho Navy In hotter shnpo to fight. Ho spoko at a luncheon glvon in his lienor after tho launching of tho supordrcailnnught Pennsylvania. Ho said tho country was for tunato In that tho mantlo of pa llonco mid poaco of tho mnrtyre-.l Lincoln had fallen upon tho shoul ders of President Wilson to guldo tho ehlp of stato. In our present pel II. Launched Xenr Eltel. Christened by Miss Ellznboth Kolb, of Gormantown, Ponn., ns Secretary Danlols gavo tho signal, tho monster hull of tho Pennsyl vania slid Into tho Jnmos River nnd tho swell tossed tho Gormnn con verted crulsor Prinjs Eltel Frlod rlch ' nearby. Comninndor Thlorlchons, of tho Eltol, ont In full uniform with the offlclnl party on tho platform and mingled with tho Amorlcnn naval cf fleers. WALTER OLDLAi GRANTED DIVORG E .'Or I IT REFUSES FORMER WIFH FEES: FATHER CHASE OLDLAXI) TO ALLOW ATTORXEY'H A XI) UNCLE IT 1 ASK ALL IXTKHESTED TO .IOIX AUXILIARY COMMITTEES MEET AXD HECOXSTHUCT RY LAWS OF CIIAMIIER Reconstruction of tho by laws ot thu Chamber of Commerce allowing for tho Woman's Auxiliary to thu Chamber of Commerce was effected last evening at a meeting of com mittees from tho two organisations, Tho women luivu nut Mnr, 2U us thu dato on which tho women of thuclty aro uuked to meet at thu Chamber of Commerce und thuro uiitlluu u plan of prucudiiro along civic, Industrial and soclul Hues, Thu committees' from tho utixlllury ry was composed of Mrs. F. E. Allou, .Mrs. D. A. Jones mid Mrs. W. A. Toyo audi from tho Chumbor of Com merce, I. S. Smith, C. R, Peck uutl O. I. Kolgurd. To build up thu auxiliary la tho next stop, say thu mumburs, mid thu Invitutlou is extended to uvory wu mun in tho city to Join. It Is prob able tlmt soma doflnito object toward tho bouutiflcutlon ot tho city will bo taken up at tho next mooting, Tho buttorment of tho city paik bus boon slightly touched upon und it is un do! stood many ot tho women aro in favor of seolng this property of tho city put in "ship shapu" order, with tietb and shrubbory, Locale Here. R. II. Whitinor, an Gpiiimctrtsl of Portland, hus arrived here with u vluw of locating )Io ex pects t rnvo headquarters hero and muko all tho othor towns In tcu suc tion. Hu hub formerly locate! atMc MlnnviHu. E. L. POWELL, who recontly dis posed of tho Twin City Laundry, and wifo, will movo from North Rend to Murzhflcld tomorrow. They will occupy an npartmont nt Myrtio Anns, Mr. Powell I'av ing.takjn a position horo. Thoy had planned to return to D.ivld C'lty, Nebraska, but it bust icax cppoHuully hero mnde h in cl nut,f his mind. An nbsoluto divorce was granted lata yostorday afternoon by Judgo Coko to Wnltor Oldloiul from 10 yoar i old Hazel Oldland, following tliroo da.vtf examination that havo filled tho court rocords with n caso in which htiBband nnd wifo bantered back nnd forth charges of infldollty. This morning ns n climax, W. C. Mason and nu undo of tho girl took alter, tho former husband, chasing him in to n pool j ooni on 1 rout Btrcot, and dated Inn to en mo forth and gut hlu 'fuco himsliud." Oldmiid stayed In side. Whon tho husband put In a plea ror u Icpul separation tlio wRo filed ,i ii oss complaint. This was denied hor by Judgo Coko, togothor with U'HO attorney's fees and alimony. In his findings tho Judgo af ter refusing to roconsldor, declared hu would havo found for tho do fondant lut, with tho testimony brought up, ho could (Jo nothing olso than refine. , Rudolph Kromlnga was on tho Btiind yestorday afternoon, llo told n story related to him by Howard Edwards, n messyngor boy, wn- suld ho hnd been out with Mrs. Oluland. Mr, nnd Mrs. Mason and two broth ers tit tho girl testified, donj.ng tlio nlluguLoug or tho plaintiff's witness es. Frank Lupp was on tho stand. Ho testified that an attempt hnd boon nude to "mix him in tho case but Hint lm lad rofusod. Robert Krugor and Jainca Petit woro callod tc stato wlmt thoy know nbout tho placo wheru Mi p. Oldland hnd beon staying. CuU Thiimh. Judgo John F. Hall this morning Inflicted a bad flesh wound on his thumb whllo chopping kindling at his homo. Judgo Hull wash formerly a woods man mid Is somewhat peeved oror suffering thu Injury fiom a hctcltot. Hum Smallpov. Jas. Nowlln, a woll-known North Coos River ranch er. Is 111 of smnllpox nt his home. The teacher of tho North Coos Rlvr district, who boards at tlio Nowlln homo, has had tho smallpox uud is IhiToforo Immune und was told lo no ahead with school work uftor thoroughly fumigating tho books, chililm?, etc A ihlhl In tho Now llt Iimiio wa ordiMvd quiirniitlnad with tho f mil II, 'if if! I M il Kl i m Hi i M kl Lw.